MELI vs PYPL
MELI: Latin America's leading e-commerce and fintech ecosystem, combining marketplace transactions, digital payments, logistics, and advertising into a unified platform serving 650M+ regional consumers. PYPL: Digital payments platform connecting 439 million consumers and merchants across ~200 markets for online and in-person transactions, money movement, and commerce.
Side-by-side fundamentals
| Metric | MELI | PYPL | Edge |
|---|---|---|---|
| Price as of 2026-07-22 close | $1,799.21 | $55.51 | |
| Market cap as of 2026-07-23 | $90.7B | $49.0B | |
| P/E as of 2026-07-23 | 47.25 | 9.68 | PYPL lower |
| PEG as of 2026-07-23 | 1.12 | 1.35 | MELI lower |
| Net margin as of 2026-07-23 | +6.0% | +15.0% | PYPL higher |
| Gross margin as of 2026-07-23 | +43.9% | +40.9% | MELI higher |
| Operating margin as of 2026-07-23 | +9.6% | +17.9% | PYPL higher |
| ROE as of 2026-07-23 | +29.6% | +25.1% | MELI higher |
| ROA as of 2026-07-23 | +4.8% | +6.3% | PYPL higher |
| Debt / equity as of 2026-07-23 | 1.36 | 0.47 | PYPL lower |
| Revenue growth (YoY) as of 2026-07-23 | +42.1% | +5.8% | MELI higher |
| Revenue CAGR (3y) SEC XBRL | +39.8% | +6.4% | MELI higher |
| Dividend yield as of 2026-07-23 | n/a | +1.0% | |
| Dividend streak (yrs) SEC XBRL | 3 | 1 | MELI higher |
| Beta as of 2026-07-23 | 1.34 | 1.30 | |
| 1-year return as of 2026-07-22 close | -24.6% | -27.0% | MELI higher |
Fundamentals: Finnhub, as of 2026-07-23. Filings: SEC EDGAR. Prices are delayed daily-close data.
Last updated 2026-07-22.
Informational only — NOT financial advice. All figures are delayed daily-close data from SEC EDGAR & Finnhub, shown with their as-of date; "Edge" cells are a pure numeric comparison, not a recommendation.